Dr. des. Tom Bieling – Design Research Lab

Dr. des. Tom Bieling

Senior Researcher

Social Design

E-Mail: tom.bieling [at] udk-berlin.de

Short Bio

Dr. phil. des. Tom Bieling is a senior researcher at Design Research Lab, Postdoc at HAW Hamburg, currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Trento and teaches at NDU St. Pölten. He studied Design at KISD (Köln International School of Design), at the University of Applied Sciences, Cologne (Germany) and Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba (Brasil). He has been a visiting professor at the German University in Cairo (GUC; Faculty of Applied Sciences & Art) since 2011, is Co-Editor of the book series “Design Meanings” and Editor-in-chief at DESIGNABILTIES – Design Research Journal.

Numerous guest lectures and workshops at international universities (e.g. Mumbai, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Cairo, Basel, Bern, Luzern, Milan, Portland, Spokane, Edinburgh, Brussels, Nottingham, Tallinn, Bozen/Bolzano, Trient, Bremen, Budapest, Dresden, Potsdam, Hildesheim, Eindhoven or Rotterdam).

Exhibitions in New York, London, Berlin, Vienna, Manchester, Sheffield, Milano, Brno, St. Gallen, Munich, Dresden,  St. Etienne, Karlsruhe, St. Gallen, Eindhoven, St. Quirin, Darmstadt, Chemnitz, Paderborn and Cologne.

In his previous work as communication- and interaction- and user experience designer he worked with clients including Daimler-Chrysler, T-Mobile USA, Museum Ludwig, Smart or Dokumentationszentrum für Popkultur. In 2008 his first book “Gender Puppets” was published. Recent books: “Design (&) Activism” (Mimesis), “Gender (&) Design” (Mimesis) and “Inklusion als Entwurf” (Birkhäuser/DeGruyter) to be published in 2019. Tom joined the team in 2007 and was recently announced “Young Innovator of the Year” by the Falling Walls Consortium.

Further info: tombieling.com and designforschung.org

[Foto: Kai Hattermann]

Publications

Bieling, T. & Joost, G. (2017). Hacking Normalcy – Disability from a Design Research Perspective. In Design for All.

Bieling, T., Martins, T. & Joost, G. (2017). Interactive inclusive – Designing tools for activism and empowerment. In Kent, M. & Ellis, K.: Disability and Social Media; Taylor & Francis, Routledge, London.

Ullrich, W. & Bieling, T. (2016). Die Kunst als fünfte Gewalt im Staat?. In Die Referentin – Kunst und kulturelle Nahversorgung; Referentin #5. 10-13.

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Bieling, T. & Lara, F. (2016). Building Gravity – On Gravity in Architecture, Urban Development and Utopia. In PROTOCOL Magazin für Architektur im Kontext; Nr. 8.

Bieling, T., Martins, T., & Joost, G. (2016). Internet of Everyone – Tools for Empowerment. In Graduate Journal of Social Science, 12(2), pg. 96–107. 96–107.

Janser, A. & Bieling, T. (2016). Die Welt als Modell – Über Modelle als epistemische Praxis.. In Designabilities – Design Research Journal; ISSN. 2511-6274.

Bieling, T. (2015). Sustainable Identities and the Politics of Design. In Kinga German (Ed.) “Sustainable Identities”, 56. Biennale di Venezia, Hungarian Pavilion, published by Ludwig Museum Budapest and the Office of the National Commissioner of Hungary; ISBN: 978-963-9537-47-7.

Bieling, T., Martins, T. & Joost, G. (2014). Protest und Behinderung – Empowerment durch Social Media. In Scientific Poster; Konferenz: Technik und Protest; TU Berlin, Zentrum Technik und Gesellschaft.

Siebers, T. & Bieling, T. (2014). Disability Representation and the political Dimension of Art. In Baltic Horizons, No 21 (118), II. Social, ethical and political Aspects of Research in Design. In EuroAcademy Series Art & Design, Euroakadeemia.

Bieling, T., Joost, G. & Sametinger, F. (2014). Die soziale Dimension des Designs. In Fuhs, Brocchi, Maxein & Draser (Hg.): Die Geschichte des nachhaltigen Designs. In VAS.

Bieling, T., Martins, T. & Joost, G. (2014). A Tangible Interface for Information Exchange Addressing Deaf-Blind Users. In Universal Design 2014: Three Days of Creativity and Diversity: Proceedings of the International Conference on Universal Design, UD 2014 Lund, Sweden, June 16-18, 2014. 439.

Antonelli, P. & Bieling, T. (2014). Design between Thinking, Making and Making Problems. In Baltic Horizons, No 21 (118), II. Social, ethical and political Aspects of Research in Design. In EuroAcademy Series Art & Design, Euroakadeemia.

Bieling, T. (2014). Creation in Process – Diversity, Activity and Design. In Baltic Horizons, No 21 (118), II. Social, ethical and political Aspects of Research in Design. In EuroAcademy Series Art & Design, Euroakadeemia.

Bieling, T., Sametinger, F. & Joost, G. (2014). Social Dimensions of Design Research. In Baltic Horizons, No 21 (118), II. Social, ethical and political Aspects of Research in Design. In EuroAcademy Series Art & Design,.

Bieling, T., Goellner, S. & Joost, G. (2013). Design driven Diversity – Diversity driven Design. In Proceedings of IASDR 2013 – 5th International Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research: “Consilience and Innovation in Design”, Shibaura Institute of Technology.

Bredies, K., Bieling, T. & Müller-Rakow, A. (2011). Design Promoviert. Ein Kolloquium zur Designforschung für Promovierende in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. In Öffnungszeiten. 25.

Bieling, T. (2014). DESIGN IN(G) SOCIETY. In Design Talks 2 – Writing about Design. In GUC edited volume.

Bieling, T., Gollner, U. & Joost, G. (2012). What do you mean user study? Translating lorm, norm and user research.. In Proceedings of the International Design Research Society Conference.

Joost, G., & Bieling, T. (2012). Design against Normality. In V!RUS, n. 7. .

Gollner, U., Bieling, T. & Joost, G. (2012). Mobile Lorm Glove: introducing a communication device for deaf-blind people. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction.

Bieling, T., Gollner, U. & Joost, G. (2012). Information und Inklusion begreifen. In Sieck, J. / Franken-Wendelstorf, R.: Kultur und Informatik: Aus der Vergangenheit in die Zukunft. In VWH Verlag, Fachverlag für Medientechnik und -Wirtschaft.

Joost, G. & Bieling, T. (2012). Design contra a Normalidade. In V!RUS, n. 7.

Bieling, T., Gollner, U. & Joost, G. (2012). Schnittstelle Hand – Kommunikation mit Gefühl | Feeling communication – The hand as an interface. In i-com – Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperative Medien. In Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag.

Bieling, T. & Bieling, M. (2011). Open access: flexible notions of property for concepts of public space. In V!RUS, 05.

Bredies, K., Bieling, T. & Müller-Rakow, A. (2011). Design promoviert – ein Kolloquium zur Designforschung für Promovierende in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. In Öffnungszeiten – Zeitschrift zur Designwissenschaft, 25/2011.

Bieling, T. (2011). Hidden Meanings – Challenging Normality through Design. In INCLUDE 11 Proceedings “The Role of Inclusive Design in Making Social Innovation Happen”.

Bieling, T. & Bieling, M. (2011). Urban Life as Open Innovation: Access vs. Property in the Design on Public Space. In Baltic Horizons, No 16 (113), October 2011, scientific Journal, EuroAcademy Series Art & Design. In Euroakadeemia.

Bieling, T., Westermann, T. & Joost, G. (2011). Call my attention! A mobile app for immediate line-of-sight communication. In Scientific Poster at Google Developer Day.

Bieling, T. (2011). Body, Sense and Thing. Rethinking Disability through Design Research. In INTED2011 Proceedings; Internactionl Technology, Education and Development Conference.

Bieling, T. (2011). Im Werden begriffen: Designperspektiven für Berlin. In ARCH+ Zeitschrift für Architektur und Städtebau, 201/202.

Bieling, T. & Bieling, M. (2011). Open access: noções flexíveis de propriedade para conceitos de espaço público. In Traduzido do inglês por Denise Mônaco dos Santos. V!RUS, São Carlos, n. 5.

Bieling, T. Joost, G. and Müller, A (2010). Collaborative potential: designing coexistence in urban context. In V!RUS, 04, [online] .

Bieling, T. (2010). Dynamic Perspectives: Looking forward to a better past. In Sustainability in Design: Now! – Challenges and Opportunities for Design Research, Education and Practice in de XXI Century; . In Proceedings of the LeNS Conference, 29th September to 1st October 2010.

Bieling, T., Joost, G., Hemmert, F., Lindenberg, J, & Müller, A. (2010). Taking Design Research onto the Street. In Baltic Horizons, No 11 (110), August 2010, scientific Journal, EuroAcademy Series Art & Design. In Euroakadeemia.

Joost, G., Buchmüller, S. & Bieling, T. (2010). Audio-visual Rhetoric and its Methods of Visualization. In Laura Mandell (editor): Visualizing the Archive, Poetess Archive Journal, Vol 2, No 1.

Bieling, T. & Bieling, M. (2010). Advertising in Public Spaces: Aesthetical and economical effects of privatization. In Proceedings of “Urban public space in the context of mobility and aestheticization: Facing contemporary challenges”. Georg-Simmel-Zentrum für Metropolenforschung. Institut für Europäische Ethnologie der Humboldt Universität (HU).

Bieling, T. (2010). Disabled by Design – Enabled by Disability. In Copenhagen Working Papers on Design, No. 1; The Borderland between Philosophy and Design Research; CEPHAD Centre for Philosophy and Design; The Danish Design School Press.

Bieling, T. (2011). Body, Sense and Thing. In INTED2011 Abstracts CD; Internactionl Technology, Education and Development Conference.

Bieling, T. (2010). Sharpen your Senses!. In EDULearn10.

Bieling, T. (2010). Dis/Ability teaches Design. In DRS international Conference Proceedings: Design and Complexity; Design Research Society.

Bieling, T. (2010). Collaborative Communities & Innovative Interactivity. Design Research as a social Driver. In INTED2010 Proceedings CD.

Bieling, T. (2010). Acting and Design – Activity Theory and Technology Interaction. In EDULEARN10 Proceedings. In EDULEARN10 Proceedings. 3777-3779.

Müller, A., Bieling, T. & Lindenberg, J. (2010). StreetLab – Exploring the impact of cultural diversity on mobile information communication technology. In Fiscar – Proceedings Helsinki. Nordic Conference on Activity Theory and the Fourth Finnish Conference on Cultural and Activity Research; Aalto University, Publication series of the School of Art and Design B 100.

Bieling, T. (2010). Collaborative Communities & Innovative Interactivity. In INTED2010 Proceedings. 3576-3578.

Bieling, T. (2010). Design as an epistemic practice – Implicit knowledge to inform the innovative process. In ICERI 2010 proceedings.

Bieling, T. (2010). Implicit knowledge to inform the innovative process. In ICERI 2010 proceedings.

Bieling, T. (2009). Design Research and Disability. In ICERI Proceedings CD.

Bieling, T. (2009). View of Silence! Design Research, Disability and Socio-Cognitive Dynamics. In IADE .

Bieling, T. (2009). Design Research and Disability. In ICERI .

Bieling, T. (2009). Design, bodily and social Impairment. In Art, Technology and Communication – New Territories of Knowledge. In CIANTEC. 530-535.